Saturday, January 28, 2012

This is all the girls curled up like kittens. One big pile of girls :)

There have been amazing sales on fruit and veggies this week and we have stocked up.

And why do I want to stock up???

I got a VitaMix off Craig's List and have been blending like crazy. I have wanted a VitaMix forever and got it at a fantastic price!! WooHoo!! Green Smoothies all around! I also broke out my juicer that hasn't seen the light of day in years. Both have been used daily. LOVE IT. Makes for lots of energy.

Here is Scarlett posing with the Mail Carrier outfit I made for our dramatic play center. Getting ready for Valentines Day. Love the expression.

Lexi ran in her first cross country meet of the season. I love watching her run.

Like in everything she does, she is so focused.

I took Scarlett to the zoo with a friend and all the girls wanted to do was pose. Funny! She is one of a kind. Her friend commented that Scarlett never stops talking. Welcome to my life. I am a person of few words that has three daughters who barely stop to take a breath.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

While perusing Pintrest I found these incredibly CUTE pinatas. I don't have a need for pinatas at this time but did need to come up with an idea for a collection box for Valentine's Day. Here is how they meet....

Cereal boxes are going to be all different sizes so you'll have to make a template that fits your box (the sides of the heart should hang over the edge of the box.

Trace the heart on each side and cut as shown below.

The sides of the box will fold in and become the bottom and the handle. Use masking tape too join the edges. You could also cut the top sides off and make a completely different handle. I was going for easy.

If the sides on the bottom are not long enough cut a strip from the scraps of box. I put this piece on the inside and then taped and figured to would have extra support that way.

Tape the top flaps together to make a handle.

Paint with whatever you have on hand. It doesn't have to be perfect because you will be covering it up. OR you can stop right here and have your child put stickers on it, stamp it, color it, whatever.....be creative.

I want my preschool students to be able to decorate their own so they will be taking tissue paper squares and gluing (or Mod Podging) them to the box. This is most easily achieved by applying the tissue paper when the paint is still wet and using a brush to brush the glue over top.

Easy enough. I think they will be able to do it without too much mishap.

Here is where the pinata idea came into play. I originally was going to do the entire thing in pinata style but realized this was not going to be kid-friendly. I will have them do their entire box with tissue paper squares.

I cut strips of tissue paper and glued them on for the pinata style.

On the handle will be every one's name. I printed them out instead of having them write their own name so that when the children pass out their cards, they will be able to match names much easier. They sit nicely on a flat surface and because they are flat, they will not take up much space when all 10 will be lined up.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

The life of the third child is less than glamorous. You don't get the one-on-one attention that the first child got. You don't get the giddy, excited big sister like the second child. You outnumber the adults and never get to get your picture with Shamu because taking three kids to Sea World is a bit spendy........until today!

You get a HUGE cupcake all to yourself.

You get the magical feeling of watching dolphins under water (a favorite of almost everyone).

You get to pick whatever fish you want to ride; even the scariest one of all.

You get to charm the crowd without having older sisters vying for attention.

You get to get pictures taken with turtles which used to be your favorite animal but somehow today you could not be pulled away from the flamingos.

You get to watch the flamingos as long as you want because it's all about you.

You get to spend ALL DAY together with Daddy because only the two of you get free passes to Sea World (Toddlers and teachers both get free year long passes! Thank you Sea World!).

Although you still didn't get your picture with Shamu because Daddy didn't figure out the camera in time (love you, baby!). The "killer dolphin" display at the gift shop will have to suffice. Better luck next time kid.

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I have too many interests. Really. There is not enough time in the day. My mom and dad both had so much they could help me with, so why not try it all? I love to garden, sew, woodwork, cook, bake, craft, etc. I am wife to Mark (an amazing teacher and coach), mother to three wonderful daughters, and in love with Jesus. I have dozens of different projects (and books) started and much too little free time to finsh them all! Let's see what I can share!